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Document.Selection Property

Gets an object representing the current selection on the Document.

Namespace:  EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Selection As Object
Object Selection { get; }
property Object^ Selection {
    Object^ get ();
}
abstract Selection : Object with get
function get Selection () : Object

Property Value

Type: System.Object
An object representing the current selection on the Document.

Remarks

Selection returns the current selection in the active window associated with this document (or the topmost window of the document if none is active).

Examples

This example works only in Visual Studio .NET 2003. For more information, see Migrating Code that Creates Projects by Using Templates.

Sub SelectionExample(ByVal dte As DTE)

    ' NOTE: This example requires a reference to the 
    '       VSLangProj namespace.

    ' Create a new solution.
    Dim soln As Solution = dte.Solution
    Dim solnName As String = "NewSolution.sln"
    Dim tempPath As String = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath()
    soln.Create(tempPath, solnName)

    ' Create a new Visual Basic Console Application project.
    Dim templatePath As String = 
        dte.Solution.TemplatePath(PrjKind.prjKindVBProject)
    templatePath &= "ConsoleApplication.vsz"
    Dim projName As String = "NewProject"
    soln.AddFromTemplate(templatePath, tempPath & projName, projName)
    Dim proj As Project = soln.Item(1)

    ' Add a comment to Module1.vb.
    Dim item As ProjectItem = proj.ProjectItems.Item("Module1.vb")
    Dim sel As TextSelection = CType(item.Document.Selection, 
        TextSelection)

    sel.StartOfDocument()
    sel.NewLine()
    sel.LineUp()
    sel.Text = "' New comment" & vbCrLf

End Sub
public void SelectionExample(DTE dte)
{
    // NOTE: This example requires a reference to the 
    //       VSLangProj namespace.

    // Create a new solution.
    Solution soln = dte.Solution;
    string solnName = "NewSolution.sln";
    string tempPath = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();
    soln.Create(tempPath, solnName);

    // Create a new C# Console Application project.
    string templatePath = 
        dte.Solution.get_TemplatePath(PrjKind.prjKindCSharpProject);
    templatePath += "CSharpConsole.vsz";
    string projName = "Project1";
    soln.AddFromTemplate(templatePath, tempPath + projName, 
        projName, false);
    Project proj = soln.Item(1);

    // Add a comment to Class1.cs.
    ProjectItem item = proj.ProjectItems.Item("Class1.cs");
    TextSelection sel = (TextSelection)item.Document.Selection;

    sel.StartOfDocument(false);
    sel.NewLine(1);
    sel.LineUp(false, 1);
    sel.Text = "// New comment\n";
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Document Interface

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

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